Question

A flower of brinzal has 520 ovules in its ovary . However, it produces a fruit with only 480 viable seeds.
(a) What could have prevented the rest of the 40 ovules from maturing into viable seeds? Explain giving a reason.
(b) Describe the development of a dicot embryo in a viable seed .
(c ) Why certain angiospermic seeds are albuminous while others exalbuminous ? Explain.

Answer 1

(a) 40 ovules are abortive . They do not produce functional viable embryos.